Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Some good news – the Hazel Grove Lib Dem team have negotiated a new weekly bus ticket with Stagecoach. Our  initial aim was to try to get people parking in Hazel Grove residential streets to move to the park and ride.  At £13.50 a week the Greater Manchester ticket was too much but this new ticket, […]

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Health & Social Care Cuts Continue

by paulankers on 27 November, 2015

Public health and social care are two of the most pressing issues facing our country today. Both are in need of new thinking and new funding if we are to maintain vital services helping our friends, families and neighbours every single day. Public health responsibilities include preventive measures that routinely save thousands of lives and […]

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Smoke Free Play Areas in Stockport?

by paulankers on 31 August, 2015

Stockport Council is encouraging residents to have their say on proposals to determine if the public would support the adoption of a Smokefree policy in Play Areas in Stockport parks and other Council owned play areas. Children learn through example and evidence suggests that those who live in an environment where the adults smoke are […]

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Local LibDems and health chiefs are celebrating success in the fight to get Stepping Hill Hospital selected as a specialist hospital. A unanimous decision was made this afternoon (15th July) to grant the status to Stepping Hill. LibDem campaigner Lisa Smart ran a huge campaign in the Autumn of 2014, to get local feeling heard. […]

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